Programme Details

Programme Highlights:

Full-time

Expected Duration

2 years

Fees

UGC-funded:
Local: HK$89,000
Non-local: HK$396,000
*A ‘non-local’ student is a person entering Hong Kong for the purpose of education with a student visa/entry permit issued by the Director of Immigration.

Expected Programme Start Date

September 2025

Application Deadline

Main Round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), February 07, 2025

Description

Full Time (two years)

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Overview

The Master of Social Sciences in the field of Clinical Psychology [MSocSc(Clinical Psychology)] programme is designed to train professional clinical psychologists in serving the community. Graduates will be equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills to become competent scientist-practitioners in the clinical psychology profession. Training components of the programme involve coursework, research dissertation, and practicum in various placement settings.

Entrance Requirements

1. A Bachelor's degree with a major in psychology or an equivalent qualification;

2. Candidates shall have demonstrated empirical research experience in the form of dissertation completed in the Bachelor's degree programme or another equivalent programme in psychology, or first authorship in published journal article;

3. Candidates shall be eligible for the Graduate Membership of the Hong Kong Psychological Society;

4. Candidates shall preferably have relevant working experience; and

5. Candidates shall satisfy the examiners in a qualifying examination if required.

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Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences was established in 1967, and has undergone rapid expansion and significant transformation since. The Faculty has six core Departments/Centre: Geography, Politics and Public Administration, Psychology, Social Work and Social Administration, and Sociology, and Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The Faculty is also the home to eight multidisciplinary research centres. These link scholars in the same field with experts from diversified disciplines in The University of Hong Kong and other research institutions both in Hong Kong, Mainland China and elsewhere in the world; and to provide a convenient focus for research, teaching, professional training, publication and international scholarly exchange and collaboration on specific areas of interest.